That's what a writer does; they make things up and that makes for good reading. — Debbie Reynolds Copy Share Image
“Books should be full of stuff you could never say to people in public.” — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
You can imprison but you can't enslave a man who argues with his books. — Howard Jacobson Copy Share Image
Sometimes readers are telling me about what they read of my books and I don't remember at all. — Peter Handke Copy Share Image
We may be in the Universe as dogs and cats are in our libraries, seeing the books and hearing the conversation, but… — William James Copy Share Image
I can't go into Oklahoma without thinking about Larry Clark's photography book 'Tulsa.' It's a great book about how life works. — Buzz Osborne Copy Share Image
“Becoming a better writer is going to help you become a better reader, and that is the real payoff.” — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
I find it strange when people call 'signatures' autographs. An autograph is when mickey signs your book. Not for papers at the… — Sarah Hyland Copy Share Image
Thin-lipped wisdom spoke at her from the worn chair, hinted at prudence, quoted from that book of cowardice whose author apes the… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“the wonderful thing about books was that they were films that played inside your head.” — Ruth Hogan Copy Share Image
“Fifty-two XIV. The Knitting Done XV. The Footsteps Die Out For Ever Book the First—Recalled” — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
What an astonishing thing a book is. It’s a flat object made from a tree with flexible parts on which are imprinted… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
I am curious to see what books will emerge from all this writing online that's the result of those who grew up… — Kate Zambreno Copy Share Image
“The literature hardly helps. You remember it only when you are well, healthy, and in a positive state of mind. And you… — Girdhar Joshi Copy Share Image
“One bright October morning in the year 1828, a lone lorn woman by the name of GUMMIDGE might have been seen standing… — Various Copy Share Image
“The same skills needed for writing are needed or reading. Writers fail readers, but it also happens the other way around and… — Enrique Vila-Matas Copy Share Image
I seem to turn out stories that violate the discipline of the short story form and don't obey the rules of progression… — Alice Munro Copy Share Image
In this wonderful book Stephen Buhner shows us that the heart is not a machine but the informed, intelligent core of our… — Matthew Wood Copy Share Image
“Author reports that a group of tortoises was given to the British by India's natives during the Seven Years War which ended… — Patrick N. Allitt Copy Share Image
“It is possible to read too many novels. Henry Tileny, Northanger Abbey” — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
Though my appetite for food grew frail, my hunger for books was constant. — Diane Setterfield Copy Share Image
When I read books it's to escape. It's so I don't have to talk to people. — Stephen Colbert Copy Share Image
“Those who do not read are no better off than those who cannot read.” — Louis H. Campbell Copy Share Image
Failing is not a disgrace unless you make it the last chapter of your book. — Jack Hyles Copy Share Image
